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| Upper pointer: Pharyngobasilar fascia Lower pointer: Pharyngeal tonsil (exposed by partial resection of above fascia) |
2
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| Internal carotid artery (cut off) |
3
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| Glossopharyngeal nerve (IX) |
4
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| Styloid process temporal bone |
5
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| Nodose ganglion of vagus nerve (retracted laterally) |
6
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| Pharyngeal branch vagus nerve |
7
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| Superior laryngeal nerve |
8
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| Superior cervical ganglion |
9
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| Superior horn thyroid cartilage |
10
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| Upper pointer: Internal carotid artery (cut off) Lower pointer: Internal jugular vein (cut off) |
11
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| Superior cardiac branch vagus nerve (joined by superior cardiac nerve from sympathetic trunk) |
12
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| Sympathetic trunk |
13
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| Left lobe of thyroid gland |
14
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| Upper pointer: Sphenoid sinus (opened) Lower pointer: Body sphenoid bone (cut across) |
15
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| Occipital condyle |
16
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| Upper pointer: Pharyngobasilar fascia Lower pointer: Superior pharyngeal constrictor muscle |
17
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| Longus capitis muscle (cut across) |
18
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| Middle pharyngeal constrictor muscle |
19
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| Prevertebral fascia |
20
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| Inferior pharyngeal constrictor muscle |
21
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| Cervical part of esophagus |
22
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| Upper pointer: Brachial plexus (cervical nerve VIII) Lower pointer: Articular surface superior thoracic vertebrae II |